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Texas Observer: corruption, insufficient oversight at CBP Continued from page 15 36 Trump’s Muslim immigration policy Continued from page 14 Finally, putting the history lesson and legal questions aside, is this truly the path the U.S. public would want to see the country take? A public that, by and large, prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, built on diversity, religious tolerance, and equality? Rabbi Jack Moline, executive director of Interfaith Alliance, articulated what is most likely on the minds of millions of Americans as they consider Trump’s latest proposal, “Rooting our nation’s immigration policy in religious bigotry and discrimination will not make America great again.” Trump’s latest immigration policy proposal is nothing more than political showmanship that harkens back to some of the darker days in our nation’s history and feeds the fear mongers among us. How can anyone believe this is the way to move a country forward? See more at: http://immigrationimpact.com/2015/12/08/ trumps-muslim-immigration-policy-unconstitutional-and-unworthyof-america/#sthash.VuPsV3r1.dpuf der for money.” But, while such anecdotes of corruption abound, “Homeland Security officials have no way to gauge how extensive the problem is within its ranks.” In a 2014 report, a Homeland Security advisory panel of lawenforcement officials concluded that “the true levels of corruption within CBP are not known.” According to the Texas Observer, this state of affairs has existed since the creation of DHS, which “gave rise to a complex web of internal affairs bodies, with overlapping jurisdictions, conflicting interests and chronic funding shortages.” In fact, within DHS: “Each agency has its own protocols, case numbers and filing systems, its own sense of institutional pride, and its own acronyms. The FBI, DHS OIG [DHS Office of the Inspector General], ICE OPR (Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Public Responsibility) and CBP IA [CBP Internal Affairs] all run their own competing investigations—even though, with the exception of the FBI, they’re all part of the Department of Homeland Security.” Yet, somehow, CBP “was left without its own internal affairs investigators,” despite being the largest lawenforcement agency in the country. Rather, CBP is supposed to be policed by DHS OIG, which has around 200 investigators who are supposed to monitor more than 220,000 people. In comparison, “the FBI has 250 internal affairs investigators for its 13,000 agents.” With so few investigators keeping track of so many CBP personnel, it is no wonder that corruption appears to be flourishing on the border. It’s important to remember that the lack of accountability which fosters corruption also creates an atmosphere of impunity surrounding the use—and abuse—of power, including the use of deadly force. According to an October 2015 Los Angeles Times investigation, from 2010 to 2013, Border Patrol agents fired their Tasers 70 times “at people who were running away, even though there was no struggle or clear indication that agents were in danger.” In six instances, agents used Tasers against “people who were trying to climb over the border fence back into Mexico.” Three people died after being hit by Taser fire. Two people were shocked while handcuffed. Not surprisingly given the lack of oversight and accountability, Border Patrol agents are rarely called to account for their actions. According to the American Immigration Council, among the 485 abuse complaints made against the agency between January 2009 and January 2012 in which a formal decision was made, “No Action Taken” represented 97 percent of all outcomes. Whether or not this degree of lax oversight also applies to instances of corruption is not yet known. Ultimately, weeding out corruption (and abuse) from DHS as a whole and CBP in particular is a responsibility that rests with Congress. Unfortunately, jurisdiction of DHS has been divvied up among “at least 120 congressional committees, subcommittees and task forces.” With Congressional oversight as disjointed as DHS itself, it is a safe bet that reform will not come easy. See more at: http://immigrationimpact. com/2015/12/10/corruption-flourishes-within-cbp/#sthash.6sf0UcZ8.dpuf
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